Archive for December, 2010

2010 Year End Run Down!

Posted by Erynn Sprouse December - 31 - 2010 0 Comment

Drumroll, please! Come Fill Your Cup was established in March and we’ve grown every month since. You–the ladies who read and write– make this site what it is. So thanks go to you… but the glory goes to God. From all of us who work on CFYC, THANK YOU! Here is the year in review… 23,270 hits (and counting) 39 authors 688 comments (as of 1:00 AM CT) 991 Facebook fans (as of 1:00  [ Read More ]

Lay Down Your Life

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 30 - 2010 4 Comments

FROM THE HEART OF AN OLDER WOMAN  As I bring this series to a close I wanted to share what I believe to be the best advice I can give a younger woman, have a RELATIONSHIP with God. I mean a real relationship, like you would with a best friend or better yet, with your husband. A relationship where you talk and share all of your feelings. A relationship where  [ Read More ]

Making Resolutions That Matter

Posted by Lacy Crowell December - 29 - 2010 8 Comments

It certainly didn’t take me very long this year.  It is not even New Year’s yet and I have already broken a resolution!  This year I had resolved to NOT make any resolutions. The typical, “lose weight, be a better housekeeper, get up earlier for a more productive day, etc.” have gotten kind of old and tired, so I decided why even bother this year?  That is, until my nine-year-old  [ Read More ]

Sweet Days

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 28 - 2010 1 Comment

Sweet are the days whenever we meet, Gathered there near the mercy-seat. His grace provides a sweet perfume, When, with Christ, we commune, Together, we gather, to renew, Those things we all hold True. How fortunate to gather, are we, In His presence, here to see, Truth, as if from the Savior’s lips So that each soul, now equips, Himself to seek and find the lost, Because sweet Jesus paid  [ Read More ]

A Lesson from Cain

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 27 - 2010 3 Comments

How does God handle our attempts to honor Him when we’re not quite sure of what He’s expecting from us? Will we be acceptable as long as we’re sincere? Let’s take a lesson from a very early example: In Genesis 4, we are introduced to a man who sought to bring to God something he personally valued. Cain was a tiller of the ground, in contrast to his brother Abel,  [ Read More ]

Motherly Advice

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 23 - 2010 2 Comments

Being a mother is a God-given privilege that not all women have.  Some women never marry, some choose not to have children and some earnestly pray for children but aren’t blessed with them.  God has plans for these women, too.  But for those of us who are so blessed, we have a tremendous responsibility.  This is the most important job we have.  Let’s look at some biblical principles that will  [ Read More ]

Teach the Young Women

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 22 - 2010 4 Comments

Titus 2:3-5 reads as follows: “The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed” (KJV). There  [ Read More ]

When I Reach That Tomorrow

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 21 - 2010 1 Comment

Pardoned, with sins forgiven, I’ve caught a glimpse of heaven. Love lights the way, As I press onward each day. No more alone to wander, Heaven is waiting o’er yonder; Where I shall go with Jesus to stay. Trusting the Rock of Ages, I fear no the storm that rages. Sweetly I’ll sing— Praises to my King. I’ve made preparation; I am a new creation. In my heart the Glory-bells  [ Read More ]

Training Children for Worship (Part 2)

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 20 - 2010 3 Comments
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Click here for Part 1  Pre-Readers One fun way to teach the different functions of worship is to “play worship” at home. The children love to set up the living room as a worship service and pretend to be Sunday morning worship with all the different parts. Explain from the Bible what we do and why. 1) Lord’s Supper: Acts 2:42, Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 11:18-26 2) Singing: Eph 5:19. Col  [ Read More ]

Where's Waldo?

Posted by CFYC Contributor December - 16 - 2010 1 Comment

FROM THE HEART OF AN OLDER WOMAN A couple of weeks ago we had Waldo come home from college for the holidays. It was Sunday morning and Waldo never showed up for Bible class or worship service. His parents were asking, “Where’s Waldo?” They got home to find Waldo visiting with old high school friends. After the friends left, Waldo’s mother asked him if he attended services while at college  [ Read More ]